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title: Ruby's grandma: "Hates technology, does she? I've got more subscribe… — One counterexample is enough · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby's grandma: "Hates technology, does she? I've got more subscribers than your favourite gamer, darling." What has she broken? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 187 «One counterexample is enough» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 6 · ★ · One counterexample is enough

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Ruby's grandma: "Hates technology, does she? I've got more subscribers than your favourite gamer, darling." What has she broken?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandma, I · **What happens:** do, get, break · **To what, where:** technology, more subscribers

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 187 «One counterexample is enough» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/187-one-counterexample-is-enough/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby's grandma: "Hates technology, does she?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t6:1
# text = Ruby's grandma: "Hates technology, does she?
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Hates	hate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	technology	technology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present | Ruby's grandma | technology |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* I've got more subscribers than your favourite gamer, darling."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t6:2
# text = I've got more subscribers than your favourite gamer, darling."
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	subscribers	subscriber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gamer	gamer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	darling	darling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · perfect | I | more subscribers |  |  |  | than your favourite gamer and darling | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subscriber=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What has she broken?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t6:3
# text = What has she broken?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The stereotype that every old person hates technology

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t6:o1:1
# text = The stereotype that every old person hates technology
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stereotype	stereotype	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	technology	technology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | every old person | the stereotype |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rule that gamers have subscribers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t6:o2:1
# text = The rule that gamers have subscribers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
4	gamers	gamer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
6	subscribers	subscriber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | gamers | the rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her own internet connection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t6:o3:1
# text = Her own internet connection
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	connection	connection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The idea that knitting is popular

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:187-one-counterexample-is-enough:t6:o4:1
# text = The idea that knitting is popular
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	knitting	knitting	NOUN	NN	_	2	acl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the idea |  |  |  |  | popular *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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